Creating a 2000 IES-LFS Database in Stata

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made up of factor groups 1 and 2, skilled include groups 3 to 5, and semi- and unskilled
include groups 6 to 11. A detailed description of these factor groups appears in
PROVIDE (2005). Variable newfact is used in the formation of the factor-related sub-
matrices.

Do-file newfact_old.do creates variable newfact_old, which is exactly the same as
newfact except that it is meant to be used together with inclabp_old rather than
inclabp_new (see Figure 1, which shows the difference between employment figures for
inclabp new and inclabp old - variable mergefact and mergefact old). The user
therefore has a choice whether to use inclabp_old, newfact_old and mergeact_old to
form factor-related sub-matrices, or whether to use inclabp_new, newfact and mergeact.

4.2.6. Forming variables for various possible household classifications

Next, a series of do-files are run to form various household classifications that can be
used for the formation of household groups for the SAM. Do-file homeland.do indicates
whether households live in former homeland areas. Magisterial district information was
used to do the mapping. Do-file metro.do is similar to variable location, but
disaggregates urban areas metropolitan areas and other urban areas. The metropolitan
areas are those areas that were declared metropolitan municipalities by the Demarcation
Board after 1994. Do-file nodals.do uses magisterial district information to indicate
which households live in so-called nodal areas for the implementation of rural
development programmes. These were areas identified by President Mbeki during his
2002 State of the Nation Address. Do-file municipalities.do indicates for every
household the local district municipality in which they live.

Finally, do-file newrhg.do creates the current household groups used in the
household-related SAM sub-matrices. Households are disaggregated by province, race,
gender of the head of the household, location (former homeland areas), agricultural and
non-agricultural households and education of the head of the household. A detailed
description of these household groups, as well as the do-files listed above, is provided
in PROVIDE (2005).

4.3. Printing SAM sub-matrices (print.do )

The final do-file, print.do, prints various tables to log-file called print.log. At present
the do-file is set-up to use the LFS 2000:2 factor data where applicable. The first table,
SAMDATA1, gives the total expenditure by household groups on all commodities (C1 -
C96), transfers, taxes, savings and total expenditure. When transposed, part of this table
becomes the commodities-households sub-matrix, while the other expense items are

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